Institute for the Classical Tradition
ANRW II.2, pp. 95-130
 
Tiberiana
by Glanville Downey, Bloomington (Ind.)

Table ol Contents

I. Imperial Propaganda: the 'Virtues' of Tiberius

95

1. Introduction

95

2. Tiberius and the Augustan 'virtues'

97

3. The distinctive 'virtues': clementio and moderatio

98

4. Conclusion

103
II. Scholarship on Tacitus' Account of Tiberius and his Reign 105

1. Introduction

105

2. The accession of Tiberius

106

3. Tiberius and Germanicus

109

4. The law of maiestas

110

5. Tiberius and Sejanus

112

6. Contemporary official propaganda

114

a) The coins

114

b) Official cults and official art

115

7. Tacitus and the principate: administration

116

8. The princeps and the state

117

9. Tacitus' literary technique

119

10. Tacitus' view of history

120

11. The characterization of Tiberius

121
Bibliography 124

On ch.I

124

On ch. II

125

a) Bibliographical surveys of work on Tacitus

125

b) Bibliography of studies connected with Tacitus' account of Tiberius and his reign

125
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